i happened september 11, 2012, killing four americans including the ambassador to libya. some republicans accuse the white house of covering up the attackers' true motives. the white house denies that and says the controversy is political, part of a bogus conspiracy theory. we have live team fox coverage. ed henry at the white house, where he had an intense exchange with press secretary jay carney. but first, let's get to catherine herridge with more on the hearing in congress. >> the retired general tetched that seven hours into the attack on september 11, 2012, they knew at the command center in germany it was direct assault and not connected to a protest or a video. >> it was mayoral on in -- early on in the earning. >> before 3:15 in the morning. >> absolutely. we were -- absolutely. we -- i would have to say probably dismiss that notion by then, by working with other sources. >> and by 3:15, local time, in the morning, on september 12th , 2012, sean smith was already dead, ambassador stevens was missing, and two hours latary mortar attack would kill the former navy s